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A discussion in English of the week in Georgia (the one near Chechnya not the one near Alabama) Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები
Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. That's it. Nothing scary about it.
კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები.
The MEME this week is Nina Sublatti’s costume for Eurovision, with big black feathers on her shoulders, which everyone is comparing to Game of Thrones, probably Jon Snow-style. Link: http://on.fb.me/1c8JMOR
A research article by Gavin Slade and Laura Piacentini in Theoretical Criminology on the prison system in Georgia. It says that despite attempts at reforming prison systems in some post-Soviet countries to more Western-standards, the culture of penal collectivism survived. Link: http://bit.ly/1IOKQ8V
Luke Coffey in Al Jazeera writes on Pankisi as fertile ground for problems with Islamic extremism. Link: http://bit.ly/1eklDql
The BBC’s Rayhan Demytrie gives a big overview of Georgia’s political woes in context of EU disappointment and a natural lean to Russia. Link: http://bbc.in/1El1qpl
Andrew North reports for the Guardian from the ABL with South Ossetia. Link: http://bit.ly/1c8JUhi
The Economist also puts Georgia’s general homophobia into the context of choosing between Europe and Russia. Link: http://econ.st/1FCkF2U
The Financial Times on how Georgia’s hopes over Europe have turned to disappointment. There’s a paywall. Link: http://on.ft.com/1Aj8msc
The CRRC investigates if Georgian parents actually view the qualities they claim it is important for children to learn. Link: http://bit.ly/1HyftfM
მადლობთ.